Robin Moffatt is a Principal DevEx Engineer and seasoned conference speaker with 15+ years of experience presenting at top events like QCon, Devoxx, Kafka Summit, and Strata. He shares insights on developer experience, distributed systems, and cloud technologies through his blog, YouTube, and public talks.
625 articles from this blog
A technical analysis of an OBIEE BI Server hang caused by an init block returning a NULL value, detailing the error codes, symptoms, and fix.
Oracle's October Critical Patch Update addresses security vulnerabilities in OBIEE and Oracle Application Server, requiring immediate attention.
A technical guide on extending the QUERY_TEXT column length in OBIEE usage tracking to prevent SQL truncation errors.
Technical notes on validating and scripting LoadRunner VUsers for performance testing Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE).
A technical guide on creating LoadRunner (HP Performance Center) scripts for performance testing Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE) dashboards.
James Morle's blog post on identifying key warning signs for diagnosing performance issues in Oracle databases.
Fixing ORA-28001 and ORA-01017 errors when changing expired passwords on Oracle 11g using 10g clients.
A compilation and analysis of Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE) performance benchmark documents published by Oracle.
Diagnosing and resolving slow OBIEE login issues caused by cluster controller failover due to network configuration problems.
A developer's critique of OBIEE dashboard compatibility across Opera, Firefox, IE, and Chrome browsers, highlighting rendering issues.
A comprehensive reference for OBIEE AdminTool.exe command line syntax, including commands for repository management and metadata export.
Explores an undocumented /command switch in Oracle BI's AdminTool.exe for scripting RPD file changes, with usage examples and cautions.
Clarifies the correct Oracle support portal URL for accessing Metalink 3 service requests to avoid errors.
A guide to using RSS feeds and del.icio.us tags to track content and discussions related to Oracle Business Intelligence (OBIEE).
A developer troubleshoots a 'Exception occurred when while initializing repository' error in Oracle CAF, resolving it by updating the Java version.
Oracle's Metalink 3 support portal has been retired and replaced by the flash-based My Oracle Support, with some navigation and search quirks noted.
A technical guide on configuring multiple Oracle BI repositories (RPDs) on a single server instance, covering setup for both Unix and Windows environments.
A technical guide on configuring multiple Oracle BI Presentation Services instances on a single server, covering both Unix and Windows environments.
Reference guide for OBIEE (Oracle Business Intelligence) error and message codes, linking to official Oracle documentation.
A technical guide on configuring HP LoadRunner for performance testing Oracle OBIEE dashboards, focusing on AJAX and session correlation.
